CONTENTS. 



Officers of the Albany Institute, 1879, - - - - v 



Classes in the several Departments, for 1879, - - vi 



The Mechanical Action of Radiation, by LeRoy C. 

 Cooley, Ph.D., 1 



The Winter Fauna of Mount Marcy, by Yerplanck Colvin, 1 1 



Men and Things in Albany two Centuries ago, and the 

 Origin of the Dutch and English Churches, by Joel 

 Munsell, - - - 29 



The Solar Theory of Myths, by Prof, John De Witt 

 Warner, 57 



Prince Bismarck and his Policy, by Arthur Bott, - 74 



Drinking-Water and some of its Impurities, by F. G. 

 Ballart and F. M. Comstock, 114 



Alcohol — is it a Food ? by Willis G. Tucker, M.D., - 127 



The First Visit of an American Ship to Japan, and its 

 Results, by Geo. R. Howell, 147 



On Light in some of its Relations to Disease, by George 

 T. Stevens, M.D., - - 155 



The Hydraulic Beds and Associated Limestones at the 

 Falls of the Ohio, by James Hall, - - - - 169 



